The Development Status and Focus Issues of Smart City

Smart City has long been regarded as a concept with vague connotation. This is not because it’s a pseudo-proposition, but that it involves so many aspects that the academic community has not yet reached an agreement in terms of what smart city is and how to develop it. On the basis of analyzing the participants, typical cases and basic technical elements of smart city, this paper presents the fundamental concern of smart city—its citizens, hoping it could provide references for future researchers on this subject.